PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1999 No. 145, 1999
No. 145, 1999 - SECT 13
The Parliamentary Service Code of Conduct

(1)

A Parliamentary Service employee must behave honestly and with integrity in the course of Parliamentary Service employment.

(2)

A Parliamentary Service employee must act with care and diligence in the course of Parliamentary Service employment.

(3)

A Parliamentary Service employee, when acting in the course of Parliamentary Service employment, must treat everyone with respect and courtesy, and without harassment.

(4)

A Parliamentary Service employee, when acting in the course of Parliamentary Service employment, must comply with all applicable Australian laws. For this purpose, Australian law means:

(a)

any Act (including this Act), or any instrument having effect under an Act; or

(b)

any law of a State or Territory, including any instrument having effect under such a law.

(5)

A Parliamentary Service employee must comply with any lawful and reasonable direction given by someone in the Department in which he or she is employed who has authority to give the direction.

(6)

A Parliamentary Service employee must maintain appropriate confidentiality about dealings that the employee has with either House of the Parliament, with any committee of either House, with any joint committee of both Houses, with any Senator or Member of the House of Representatives or with the staff of any Senator or Member.

(7)

A Parliamentary Service employee must disclose, and take reasonable steps to avoid, any conflict of interest (real or apparent) in connection with Parliamentary Service employment.

(8)

A Parliamentary Service employee must use the resources of the Commonwealth in a proper manner.

(9)

A Parliamentary Service employee must not provide false or misleading information in response to a request for information that is made for official purposes in connection with the employee's Parliamentary Service employment.

(10)

A Parliamentary Service employee must not make improper use of:

(a)

inside information; or

(b)

the employee's duties, status, power or authority;